Old WW Books

Joseph Smith asks:

>A neighbor of mine was clearing out his garage the other day and let me
>have a large stack of books to "keep or throw away".
>I kept two on woodworking. One was "The Master Handbook of
>Woodworking Techniques and Projects" by Percy Blandford and
>the "Popular Science Router Book" by Doug Geller. They are a few years
>old as the P.S. book consistantly shows pictures of routers made by
>Rockwell before Delta/PC/Pentair acquired them. I haven't had the
>opportunity
>to do more than scan through them yet. I was wondering if anyone had
>read them or other works by the authors before and if they are woth keeping
>in my growing collection of WW books and magazines?

Percy Blandford was, or is, a prolific woodworking writer who did a lot of
books back in the '70s for TAB and then switched to Sterling when TAB went
through its multiple absorptions and final disappearance into the maw of might
McGraw-Hill. I've heard of Doug Geller, can't recall his books, probably have a
couple.

For historical interest alone, those books should be keepers. As to techniques,
the biggest change in 30 years is the jump in power and the fanciness of the
jigs. Basic techniques haven't changed a bit.

If you don't want the books, let me know before you toss them.

Charlie Self
"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence
is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of
office." Ambrose Bierce

One could probably never have too much reference material, Charlie.
But if your a collector of these I'd have no problem sending them
to you.

Joey in Chesapeake
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> Joseph Smith asks:
>
> >A neighbor of mine was clearing out his garage the other day and let me
> >have a large stack of books to "keep or throw away".
> >I kept two on woodworking. One was "The Master Handbook of
> >Woodworking Techniques and Projects" by Percy Blandford and
> >the "Popular Science Router Book" by Doug Geller. They are a few years
> >old as the P.S. book consistantly shows pictures of routers made by
> >Rockwell before Delta/PC/Pentair acquired them. I haven't had the
> >opportunity
> >to do more than scan through them yet. I was wondering if anyone had
> >read them or other works by the authors before and if they are woth
keeping
> >in my growing collection of WW books and magazines?
>
> Percy Blandford was, or is, a prolific woodworking writer who did a lot of
> books back in the '70s for TAB and then switched to Sterling when TAB went
> through its multiple absorptions and final disappearance into the maw of
might
> McGraw-Hill. I've heard of Doug Geller, can't recall his books, probably
have a
> couple.
>
> For historical interest alone, those books should be keepers. As to
techniques,
> the biggest change in 30 years is the jump in power and the fanciness of
the
> jigs. Basic techniques haven't changed a bit.
>
> If you don't want the books, let me know before you toss them.
>
> Charlie Self
> "In our civilization, and under our republican form of government,
intelligence
> is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of
> office." Ambrose Bierce
>